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Re: [PATCH] PowerPC - Add a faster way to get the thread id
- From: Roland McGrath <roland at hack dot frob dot com>
- To: Edjunior Barbosa Machado <emachado at linux dot vnet dot ibm dot com>
- Cc: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org, rsa at us dot ibm dot com
- Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2012 10:49:34 -0800 (PST)
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] PowerPC - Add a faster way to get the thread id
- References: <1352141072-17024-1-git-send-email-emachado@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
There is nothing powerpc-specific about that information, so it would never
be appropriate to add a powerpc-specific interface for it. If you want to
make the case for adding a public interface to access this Linux-specific
information, make that case (I doubt we'll be convinced).